The Drosophila Baramicin polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection.

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster combats microbial infection by producing a battery of effector peptides that are secreted into the haemolymph. Technical difficulties prevented the investigation of these short effector genes until the recent advent of the CRISPR/CAS era. As a consequence, many...

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Main Authors: Mark Austin Hanson, Lianne B Cohen, Alice Marra, Igor Iatsenko, Steven A Wasserman, Bruno Lemaitre
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/39999117db4448b790680c9f75fec9c9
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